Search - Bi Kidude :: Zanzibara 4: The Diva of Zanzibari Music

"Her name in East Africa is synonymous with taarab, and she is considered its most influential exponent. A living, legend, her name goes before her." -- Folk Roots "Bi Kidude is still going strong. Like many elderly African women, the wrinkles of age are slight and her bird-like figure becomes animated with the rhythms of her music." -- The Guardian Recent recordings by Bi Kidude, the "diva of Zanzibari music," feature a great set of material sung in her haunting, powerful voice over instrumentation that includes accordion, keyboards, violins, and a host of African instruments. Extensive twenty-eight-page booklet with liner notes in English and French.